New Delhi/Mumbai: The Congress on its 135th foundation day on Saturday said India has always come first for it through the ages and sacrifice for the nation stands above all else for the party.
On the occasion, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi hoisted the party’s flag at its headquarters here at 24, Akbar Road, Delhi.
The party’s Maharashtra unit marked the occasion with a flag march in Mumbai with the message of ‘Save Bharat-Save Constitution’.
“Sacrifice for the nation stands above all else for the Congress party. From the time of our foundation, through the Indian independence movement and for all the days to come, India comes first,” the party said on its official Twitter handle.
“135 years of Unity, 135 years of justice, 135 years of equality, 135 years of ahimsa, 135 years of freedom. Today we celebrate 135 years of Indian National Congress,” it said.
Congress general secretary in-charge of Maharashtra, Mallikarjun Kharge, and other state unit leaders participated in the march in Mumbai, which began after the flag-hoisting ceremony at Tejpal Hall near August Kranti Maidan, where the foundation of the Congress party was laid in 1885.
In Delhi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh, senior Congress leaders A K Antony, Motilal Vohra and Anand Sharma among others attended the event.
Sonia Gandhi and Singh also distributed sweets among children present at the ceremony.
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, in a tweet, acknowledged the selfless contribution of millions of Congress workers through the ages.
Amid raging protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), the Congress will take out marches across the country to take its “Save Constitution-Save India” message to the people.
Rahul Gandhi will address a rally in Assam’s Guwahati, where he will take on the Narendra Modi government over the contentious new citizenship law, among other issues.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will address party workers at Lucknow at a meeting of the Uttar Pradesh Pradesh Congress Committee (UPPCC).
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